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Dehydration and Diabetes: It's A Vicious Cycle, But Proper Hydration Can Help

Many of us may not be aware that there's an unrelentingly vicious cycle between diabetes and dehydration. And understanding how this cycle works and how to best deal with it can be the key to unlocking good health and wellness for millions of Americans with diabetes. More than 34 million people or one in ten adults over the age of 20 in the US have been diagnosed with diabetes. And each year, more than 1.4 million new cases of diabetes are confirmed, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC estimates that there could be...

Dehydration & The Keto Diet: Why Your Body Needs Proper Hydration

Rapid weight loss and being able to eat foods that you like are two main reasons why people love the ketogenic diet (keto diet). But as more people embark on their low-carb journeys, managing dehydration and water intake become more crucial than ever. According to experts, dehydration is one of the most common effects of ketogenic diets. Carbohydrates help our body to hold more sodium and with it also more water, but when we deplete our body of carbohydrate intake, the water and electrolytes go with it. For every one gram of carbohydrate, our body stores an average of 3...

Dehydration and chronic pain: Insight for patients with arthritis and post-surgery pain

Just like it’s essential to eat a healthy diet to keep your body functioning well, many of us already know that dehydration can cause pain in our muscles and joints. But now, there’s scientific evidence that dehydration might directly impact the way we neurologically “perceive” or “experience” pain. Nearly 50 million or one in five (20.4%) adults suffered from chronic pain in the United States, according to data collected by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 2016. More than 8% of adults in the U.S. reported having high-impact chronic pain - and its prevalence advanced significantly with age. Dehydration...

Dehydration and Muscle Recovery: Why Our Muscles Need Proper Hydration

Feeling thirsty after an intense workout is pretty typical. It's a natural sign of dehydration and a signal that we need to replenish fluids into our body and bloodstream. But what many of us don't know is that our muscles need water and electrolytes too. Yes, that's right- our muscles also need proper hydration. More than 70% of our skeletal muscles are composed of water. For our muscles to contract and perform protein synthesis, they need a proper balance of water and electrolytes, including minerals such as sodium and potassium. When our muscles contract during strength and resistance training, water...

Are medications causing your chronic dehydration? List of top meds that cause dry mouth

If you have been wondering what's causing your dehydration and symptoms of dry mouth and dry eyes the answer might be lurking inside your medicine cabinet. We all know that water is an essential component to our survival and maintaining proper health. But what many people don't know is that 1% -2% loss of water can wreak havoc on the body's internal systems- and the cause may be your medication. According to data collected by the National Center of Health Statistics, 43% of all Americans take at least one prescription medication, and 17% take three or more kinds of drugs....

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